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Susan Boyle to Appear on Dancing with the Stars

By Simon Perry and Helen I. Hwang Originally posted Saturday November 07, 2009 08:45 AM EST Susan Boyle is set to dazzle the Dancing with the Stars crowd – with her singing, not her dancing feet. The Scottish singer, 48, will...

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Man gets life for stalking therapist

ABERDEEN, Scotland, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- An obsessed former patient who wrote a Scottish psychologist love letters in his own blood has been sentenced to life in prison. Brian Johnstone, 33, apologized Friday for stalking Dawn...

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House set to open healthcare debate WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With a close vote looming, the U.S. House of Representatives was expected to open debate on Saturday on a sweeping reform bill that would spark the biggest healthcare...

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England to give five-year-olds sex education

Telegraph : Pupils in England will be given classes in sex and relationships from the age of five under Government plans to cut teenage pregnancies. Children will learn about parts of the body, the facts of life and puberty in...

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Petit Calls On Connecticut AG To Investigate Correction Department

The only survivor of a deadly 2007 home invasion and robbery in Cheshire has asked the state attorney general to look into whether the state Department of Correction acted improperly when it allowed slaying suspect Joshua...

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Wikimedia Foundation Launches The Bookshelf Project

From the Wikimedia Blog Post: Maybe you’ve been editing Wikipedia for years. Or maybe you made your first edit a few days ago. Whatever your experience, you likely know at least one central fact about editing – that it can be...

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Flaherty says transaction tax unattractive (Reuters)

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) – Proposals for a tax on financial transactions to fund the cost of future bank bailouts are unattractive, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Saturday. British finance minister Alistair Darling...

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Murdered French students' parents claim against UK (AFP)

AFP - The parents of two French students brutally killed in London are demanding compensation from the British government for mistakes that could have prevented the murders, their lawyer said on Saturday.

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2 tickets win UK's largest lottery payout

LONDON (AP) - European lottery officials say two British ticketholders have shared a jackpot of 90 million pounds ($150 million) _ the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the United Kingdom. Lottery organizer Camelot says...

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Blast from teenage past greets Camilla on Canadian walkabout

The Duchess of Cornwall came face-to-face with her teenage past when she was reunited with a friend she had not seen for 45 years. Camilla, 62, was 17 years old and crazy about the Beatles and make-up when she last saw...

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